Afton Williamson IDs The Rookie Actor Who Allegedly Sexually Harassed Her
Afton Williamson is naming names after her much-publicized exit from The Rookie. In a Instagram post on Monday, Williamson identified the actor she accuses of sexually harassing her while she was...
View ArticleHere's How The Rookie Will Write Out Bishop After Afton Williamson's Exit
TVLine has learned exclusively how The Rookie will account for the sudden absence of Officer Talia Bishop, in the wake of Afton Williamson walking away from the ABC series in June. An original cast...
View ArticleThe Rookie: Investigation Into Claims Made by Afton Williamson Finds No...
An independent, third-party investigation into allegations made by actress Afton Williamson ahead of her abrupt exit from ABC’s The Rookie has ended, and its findings exonerate those named in the...
View ArticleThe Rookie: Afton Williamson Calls Investigation Findings 'Heartbreaking'
Former The Rookie star Afton Williamson is responding to the news that her claims of on-set harassment have been dismissed. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the actress said the investigation’s...
View ArticleRookie Guest Star Demetrius Grosse on Being Cleared by Investigation: 'It's...
Demetrius Grosse, who guest-starred during Season 1 of ABC’s The Rookie, says it was a “very challenging time” between when Afton Williamson publicly ID’d him in her allegations of sexual harassment...
View ArticleThe TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of Sept. 29
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings. With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable, streaming and whatever “Dove Channel” is, it’s easy to...
View ArticleThe Rookie Season 2 Premiere: What Did You Think of Talia's Send-off?
ABC’s The Rookie reported back for duty this Sunday — on a brand-new night and minus his training officer. As well reported over the summer, original cast member Afton Williamson exited the light...
View ArticleRatings: Rookie Holds Steady in Move, Sunday Night Football Hits Highs
ABC’s The Rookie christened its brand-new Sunday home with 4.1 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, matching both its freshman average and finale. The light procedural doubled what the...
View ArticleThe Rookie Adds Once Upon a Time's Mekia Cox as Nolan's New TO
Once Upon a Time princess Mekia Cox is returning to ABC, as a series regular on The Rookie. Cox — whose TV credits also include Chicago Med, Secrets and Lies Season 2, Undercovers and 90210 — will play...
View ArticleFirefly Reunion on Rookie as Alan Tudyk Cops Season 2 Guest Stint
ABC is once again looking to mine Nathan Fillion‘s Firefly past for present-day ratings gold (or at the very least a modest demo gain). Alan Tudyk, who co-starred alongside Fillion in Joss Whedon’s...
View ArticleStumptown, The Rookie, Mixed-ish Snag Full-Season Pickups at ABC
ABC is the latest network to jump on the back-nine bandwagon, issuing full-season orders to freshman series Stumptown and mixed-ish as well as sophomore drama The Rookie. Although the network did not...
View ArticleThe Rookie Casts Onetime Castle Baddie Annie Wersching in a Killer Role
The Rookie will play host to another, albeit more specialized, Castle reunion when Annie Wersching pops up on the ABC procedural. On Castle, Wersching — now a star of Marvel’s Runaways — had a short...
View ArticleCan Flash Friend Come Out to Play? Are Good Place Boors a Buzzkill? Conners...
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Rookie, Prodigal Son, The Flash and The Conners! 1 |...
View ArticleThe Rookie Video: Alan Tudyk Teaches Nolan How to 'Wash' a Crime Scene
The Rookie learns a thing or two about bioremediation (i.e. crime scene clean-up) in this exclusive sneak peek featuring guest star/Firefly alum Alan Tudyk. In the episode “Clean Cut” (airing Sunday at...
View ArticleThe Rookie Video: Annie Wersching Makes a Killer Entrance in Fall Finale
Castle‘s Dr. Kelly Nieman has nothing on Annie Wersching’s latest TV baddie (of several), as seen in this exclusive sneak peek from The Rookie‘s fall finale. In the episode “The Dark Side” (airing this...
View ArticleMatt's Inside Line: Scoop on Lucifer, S.W.A.T., The Rookie, All American,...
Can Lucifer pull off one helluva comeback? How will Rookie abduction affect her partner? How much longer is S.W.A.T. fave AWOL? How will “Crisis” affect Barry, Kate, Sara et al? Read on for answers to...
View ArticleCancellation Jitters: 7 Broadcast Shows We're Kinda Worried About
Here’s a little good news about our latest renewal update: Not a single CW series is in danger of getting cancelled. Earlier this month, the network picked up its entire lineup for the 2020-21 season....
View ArticleThe Rookie Video: To Save Lucy, Nolan Appeals to Rosalind Dyer's Killer Ego
When ABC’s The Rookie resumes its sophomore run this Sunday at 10/9c, the looming question is: Who abducted Officer Lucy Chen, and where is she now? In the name of getting answers (and pronto!),...
View ArticleSNL's Pete Davidson Is Nathan Fillion's Brother in The Rookie Guest Spot
As Saturday Night Live‘s Chad might best put it, “OK.” SNL vet Pete Davidson is set to guest-star on ABC’s The Rookie as the half-brother of no less than Nathan Fillion’s title character, Officer John...
View ArticleThe TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of Feb. 23
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings. With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite...
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